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Sea Lemon (Anisidoris nobilis)
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Clown Dorid (Triopha catalinae)
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We saw many of these today. It
is one of my favorite
opisthobranchs.
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What a treat for us to see this
mollusc today. This was my
first time to be able to
photograph this ...
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Clown Nudibranch (Triopha catalinae)
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Clown Nudibranch (Triopha catalinae)
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What a treat for us to see this
mollusc today. Not sure if this
is the same species, but believe
it ...
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What a treat for us to see this
mollusc today. A interesting
thing about this nudibranch is
that ...
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Octopus bimaculoides
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Stalked Tunicate (Styela montereyensis)
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This mollusc was in distress
until we put it in water.
However, one has to be careful
of its beak, ...
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This is a very primitive
relative to our phylum Chordata
called a Urochordata with a
common name of ...
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California Cone (Conus californicus)
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Rock Scallop (Pecten spp)
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This is a predator of many
invertebrates, including the
purple olive. This is not
lethal like the ...
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The outside is very
characteristic, and looks like a
shell gas station icon.
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Rock Scallop (Pecten spp)
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Hang Glider
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The outside is very
characteristic, and the purple
on the inside is also
characteristic.
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I tried to capture the lines on
the glider. There were three
over hazard reef for quite a
while.
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Christmas Bird Count
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Christmas Bird Count
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The low tide helped us for a
long time to help us see more
birds than we could almost
estimate.
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The time is now ready for the
Kayak crew to start counting
too.
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Christmas Bird Count
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Christmas Bird Count
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This was a ways off, but sure
you can sure ID it by it's
yellow legs, thus the name.
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Willets were easy to ID as soon
as you saw their reflections.
Well maybe the bobbing head.
Well, ...
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Christmas Bird Count
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Christmas Bird Count
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Could be a problem counting the
birds. How many Pintails and
Shovelers do you see?
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You can barely see the birds at
the Turri Road and South Bay
Blvd corner, when we started.
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Christmas Bird Count
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Christmas Bird Count
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The time to start counting birds
is soon after we first hear the
birds. Many audubon ...
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It was a little brisk and a
little eary today at the Audubon
Christmas Bird Count.
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